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Jan Brett                                                     American Girl Doll Series

Norman Bridwell                                           Magic Tree House Series

Marc Brown                                                 Marc Brown

Eric Carle                                                    Matt Christopher

Eric Hill                                                       Robert Frost

Laura Numeroff                                            Barbara Cooney

Dr. Seuss                                                     Gail Gibbons

Audrey Wood

Grade 1                        Grade 4

Paulette Bourgeois                                        Judy Blume

Marc Brown                                                 Beverly Cleary

Margaret Wise Brown                                   Roald Dahl

Arnold Lobel                                                Gary Paulson

Peggy Parish                                                 Patricia Polacco

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Grade 2

Norman Bridwell                                           Grade 5

Steven Kellogg                                              Avi

Arnold Lobel                                                Lynne Reid Banks

James Marshall                                            Betsey Byars

Peggy Parish                                                 Sid Fleishman

Cynthia Rylant                                              Lois Lowry

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat                           Katherine Patterson

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